Multi-Sensory Reading Activity for Beginning Readers
Soon my first book, Helping Children Learn to Read Through Multi-Sensory Reading Activities - A Handbook and Resource for Parents and Teachers, will be published. Since this week marks the Fifth Annual Celebration of Literacy week, I want to share a multi-sensory...
read moreCase Study: School refusal, stress meltdowns
Go-getting Oliver always finished first; except when it came to the reading race… The Problem Oliver had always been the kind of child who put 110% effort into everything he did. His teachers often praised him for his intelligence and the competitive manner in which...
read moreHow can Pictionary help visual skills?
Pictionary is a fun game for the whole the family and for any age; there is even an edition designed for younger children. You can make up your own version of the game and add your own words suitable for different age groups and a variety of subjects. Hidden in such a...
read moreFamous Dyslexics: Jay Leno
Jay Leno is best known as the comic host of The Tonight Show, which he anchored from 1992 to 2009, and rejoined again in 2010. What is less well-known is that he struggled to read and write as a child for years due to his dyslexia. Leno was born in New York City in...
read moreWhat Does A Child Cost?
As a parent I generally avoid thinking about this, if I can! But one really should be realistic about it and, either way, there is a gently stomach-churning joy in having a peek. A new report gives you a pretty good feeling for the minimum:...
read moreBeing your child’s best advocate
Taylor's Story Everyone recognizes Dr. Seuss, right? To a dyslexic, rhymes can be such a struggle -- even impossible. Many don’t hear the letter sounds like you and I. My daughter Taylor never learned to rhyme. Taylor, for instance, is an 11th grader who hears...
read moreThe Visual-Spatial Learner: Latest Research
Over a decade ago, Easyread was developed to help highly visual learners who were struggling with their reading. Founder David Morgan’s two sons both struggled in the first few years of formal education to achieve literacy that matched their overall intelligence....
read moreFactoid Fridays: Boosting Girls’ Future Wages Through School
Fact: Every additional year of primary school boosts girls’ future wages by 10-20%, and an extra year of secondary school by 15-25%.* English is one of the world's trickiest languages due to its irregular spelling patterns and morphophonemic nature. Because of this...
read moreCase Study: Primary teacher mum, wild guessing, frustration
Easyread was as much of an education for primary school teacher Christine as it was for her daughter… The Problem Phonics was a walk in the park for Catherine at age 5. She was in the top half of her class and had an all-round superb first year at school. However,...
read moreWhy Cursive Writing Needs to Stay
There are those who believe that writing in cursive is passé; that keyboarding is all children need to learn in the digital age; that there is no benefit to spending time on push-pulls, running ovals, and the other exercises that come with penmanship training. Those...
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